Love Becoming

lillian

Gateways to the heart
change through the seasons.

Youthful romanticism,
tempted by pastels
sweet scented carnations
valentines in pink envelopes
a rosebud mouth.

Passionate eroticism,
eyes seek carnal depths
lips’ open invitation
rose petal paths
and pulsing tempos.

Love divine, a decoupage,
years layered on years
passion and comfort
within familiar folds,
your skin next to mine.

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Photo from a walk in St George, Bermuda.

8 thoughts on “Love Becoming”

  1. OldenGray May 21, 2015 / 3:10 am

    Simply beautiful as is your natural form. Lillian, you have been nominated for the Liebster Award. You can find the nomination at the top of my blog.
    Alan

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    • lillian May 21, 2015 / 1:05 pm

      Thanks so much for the compliment and the nomination, Alan! 🙂 Just sent in my registration for Holly’s June Solstice Challenge. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do! I’m reading Ted Kooser’s (poet laureate 2004-06) The Poetry Home Repair Manual. A very fun book and really informative! Not like a textbook at all…I got a copy at the library and found that by page 4 I wanted to underline and make notes in the margins so got a paperback from Amazon. I just reworked a poem for the class I’m in now with her (only one more week to go) because of what I was reading. Think you would like it! 🙂

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      • OldenGray May 21, 2015 / 7:49 pm

        Thanks Lillian. Make sure you have fun will all of them! I will read both mentioned above. Love the title on Ted’s book. I’ll give you feedback!

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  2. BarbaraK aka fiddlbarb May 21, 2015 / 3:48 am

    So very beautiful!

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    • lillian May 21, 2015 / 1:07 pm

      Thanks so much Barbarak. These were two of my favorite photos from Bermuda….so the poem really was motivated by these. I especially like the softness of the first picture, hence the romanticism in the second stanza. So glad you like it! 🙂

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    • lillian May 21, 2015 / 1:08 pm

      Ah….later with my first cup of coffee this morning as I went to an 8 AM class on “building the core” — in the physique, not in poetry 🙂 So nice to see you this morning! Glad you like it.

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      • AnnMarie Roselli-Kissack May 21, 2015 / 7:59 pm

        Hope you had a lovely day, Lillian.
        Ah, yes the old core – the center of the body’s universe. Maintain strong abs and the spine holds true 🙂
        Billy Blanks 101
        am:)

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